Meat container



Patented lit/lar. 23, 1926.

UNlTE srarr'isv CARL n. PEs-onlin, or nnrnoir, Micnreniv.

MEAT CONTAINER.

Application filed February 8, 1924. Serial No. 691,338.

To all whom it may conce/Mt:

Be it known that l, CARL l-l. Preci-inn, a citizen of Germany, residing at Detroit, in the county of YVayne and State ot Michigan, hare invent-ed certain new and 4useful lm* proveniente in Meat the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying draw` ings.

This invent-ion relates to a meat container, and has special reference to that type ot container in which one or more pieces of meat may be placed, subjected to pressure l for shaping and holding1 purposes, while the meat is being cooked. Myineat container has been especially designed for boiling` hams which are boned, placed under pressure, and boiled, the hams beingsubjected to pressure to hold the boned meat together during boiling. lt is the present practice to use a large vat in which hams are placed and a pressure board placed on the hams, but on account ot some boned hams being irregular, small or large, is not at all times possible to subject all the hams to a uniform pressure, therefore some of the hams when boiled are not as compact as they should be. My invention aims to provide a ham boiler in which one or more boned hams may be positively shaped and subjected to uniform pressure during a boiling operation, the boiler being` in the form of a container that may be easily handled and maintained in a sanitary condition.

rlhe construction entering into my meat container will be hereinafter Vspecilically Vdescribed and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing wherein- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the meat container, part-ly broken away;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the samepartly broken away and partly in section;

Fig. 3 is a view of one end ot the container, and

Fig. el is a perspective view of a portion o'l' the container.

ln the drawing, the reference numeral 25 denotes a metallic shell or container body which is oblong in cross section and mounted on the open ends of the shell 1 are reinforcing bands 2 and 3 which protect and add rigidity to the end edges of the shell.

The band 3 may be attached to the shell 1 by rivets l and these same rivets are adapted t-o hold a spider 5 within the end of Containers, or' which fastening means is a pressure head 11. The

head 11 has itsedges in proximity to the inner walls of the shell 1, and surrounding the plunger 7, between the flange 9 and the boss 6, is a coiled compression spring 12. The expansive' force of this spring holds the pressure head 11 so that said head may yield when rone or more pieces of meat 13 are placed in the container, the springl being,- shown under compression in Fig'. 2,

rlhe band 2 may be connected to the shell 1 by rivets 14 and some ot said rivets may be employed for attaching brackets 16 to opposed walls ot said shell. Connected to the brackets 16 is a` bar 31.

Centrally of the bar 31 is a sleeve boss 19 having` its inner wall screwthreaded for screw 20, said screw having` its outer end 'formed with a. handle 21 to facilitate rotation ot' said screw. On the inner end ot' the screw 2O is a pressurehead 32. v

When the screw 20 is adjusted the pressure head 32 can crowd the meat towards the pressure head 11. As the screw 2() is rotated the meat can be placed under prese sure with the head 11 yielding to excessive pressure, and said heads will cooperate with the walls of the shell 26 in shaping the meat 18,.

The meat container is adapted t0 be placed in boiling water and since the pressure heads do not snugly lit against the walls of the shell 1 it is obvious that the boiling water may reach the meat and should the meat swell or tend to expand the yieldable pressure head 11 will permit ot such swelling, yet prevent the meat romlosing` its shape after having been boiled and removed from the container.

In order that the meat 13 may be easily placed in the container, the shell 26 has a detachable front wall 27 with the longitudinal edges of said wall provided with hook members 28 adapted to enga-ge lug or keeper members 29 carried by the longitudinal side walls 30 of the shell.

The hook shaped members 28 extend in the direction pressure is to be manually applied to meat Within the container, so that :trictional engagement between the meat and the detachable front Wall 27 will cause the hooked shape members 28 Vto seat on the keepers 29, thusobviating the necessity of providing any other holding means thanthat shown for the detachable front Wall 27. lVith this Wall. detachable it is an easy operation to place hams or other pieces of meatn the containerbetween the pressure heads and when the detachable Wall is placedy in position the meat may be subjected to pressure.

lVhat I claim is l. A container for boiling meat, comprising a. shell, a detachable front Wall carried by said shell, a spider in one end ot said shell, a slidable centrally located plunger having a limited movement in saidV shell, a pressure head in said shell supported by saidV plunger, a. bar connected to the opposite end of said shell, an adjustable screw carried by said bar, and a pressure head` carried by said. screw and adapted to be shifted into saidv shell to cooperate with the plunger pressure head in subjecting meat to pressure within said shell.

2. A container for boiling meat comprising a shell having` a detachable front- Wall, a yieldable plunger having a limited movement in the bottom of said shell, a pressurel head supported in said shell by said plunger, and manually operated pressure means at the opposite end or said shell adapted to cooperate' with said pressure head in holding meat to form in sai-d shell.

3. A container Ytor` boilingfmeat comprising a shell, av detachable front Wall on said shell.

yieldable meat supporting'means in one endof said shell, manually operated pressure means in the opposite end ot' said shell said shell and said detachableV Wall so that pressure applied to meat in sai-d shell tendsV to clamp said Wall on sa-id'shell.

In testimony Whereot1 I. affix my signature.

CARL H. PESCHKE.. 

